Things I miss about Italy: The Club Sandwich (what?) #IMissItaly
So I know this going to sound a little weird. But one of the things I miss the most aboutContinue Reading
Author: Do Bianchi
A humanistic perspective onto the world of Italian food, wine, and culture.
“Nebbiolo might be the crown jewel of Piemonte, but Freisa is its buried treasure.”
A few days ago, Cult of the Vine, the popular Australian wine shop in Brunswick (Melbourne, Victoria) posted the aboveContinue Reading
I miss #aperitivo, #IMissItaly
I’ll never forget my first aperitivo. It happened many, many years ago when I was a student in Padua. OneContinue Reading
Not just Italian coffee: The Bicerin the famous coffee of Turin #IMissItaly
As part of our ongoing #IMissItaly series (click the link for all the posts in the thread), we shed moreContinue Reading
Ian D’Agata: Scarpa La Bogliona a “benchmark” Barbera d’Asti
“When it’s good,” writes the prolific wine writer Ian D’Agata in his landmark work Italy’s Native Wine Grape Terroirs (UniversityContinue Reading
Pizza in Piedmont? #IMissItaly
You can view all of our #IMissItaly posts here. Pizza isn’t really the first thing that you think of whenContinue Reading
Vitello Tonnato, an Italian culinary icon that can trace its roots back to Artusi and beyond.
In case you’re late to the vitello tonnato party, click here for our ongoing thread of posts devoted to theContinue Reading
Vitello Tonnato, a favorite recipe for the classic dish.
First off, a huge thanks to Houston-based wine writer, blogger, and journalist Sandra Crittenden for sharing the above photo ofContinue Reading
Dear vitello tonnato, I miss you! #IMissItaly
It’s one of the mainstay classics of Piedmontese cuisine: vitello tonnato, boiled veal, chilled and then thinly sliced, and thenContinue Reading
Tajarin, a Piedmontese stand-by #IMissItaly
Sometimes their called taglierini [tah-y’lee’eh-REE-nee] or tagliolini [tah-y’lee’oh-LEE-nee]. But in Piedmontese dialect, they are known as tajarin [tah-yah-REEN]. All threeContinue Reading
